Les JO des Animaux, by Virginie Morgand

Right, on your marks, set? Two blows on the whistle and they’re off; there is a cup to be won. We have already toppled 3 hurdles with 4 lines drawn on the ground. Number 5 has broken a record, 6 metres, says the referee…

Virginie Morgand created this book to teach small children to count through sport. As with the ABC du marin which took us on a lovely boat, the animals lead us through their Olympic games: bear weightlifting, fast felines, hippos in leotards, watched over by a referee on a giraffe. Everything is in motion and we sprint to the end of the book…

48 pages hardcover Picture book, 18.5 x 26 cm

Rights sold: Simplified Chinese, English (World), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese